Ben Griffin avoided the mistakes that tripped up his closest challengers and poured in a barrage of long birdie putts en route to a sizzling 9-under 63 and a two-shot victory at the World Wide Technology Championship, his third PGA Tour title of the season.

At El Cardonal at Diamante, Griffin two-putted the par-5 18th for birdie to cap a back-nine heater highlighted by a run of five straight birdies starting at No. 8, and the putter was the star. A 40-footer at the par-3 11th tied the lead, a 25-footer at 12 gave him his first solo edge, and another 25-footer at the par-3 16th “all but sealed it.”

He cleaned up all four par-3s with birdies and, aside from a three-putt bogey at the 5th, was airtight coming home to post 29-under 259.

“After making a few birdies early, I kind of pushed myself a little bit harder than the past few weeks when I was in contention to kind of keep the pedal down,” Griffin said. “Fortunately, the putter heated up, made a lot of putts on the back nine. It was fun feeling the nerves down the stretch trying to hold things off. It was nice to make a couple down the stretch.”

The win vaults him to a career-best No. 9 in the world ranking and puts a bow on a monster year that still has a life milestone to come.

“Crazy, three wins and getting married in the same year, hard to beat,” Griffin said of his upcoming wedding to Dana Myeroff.

Behind him, Sami Valimaki (64) and Chad Ramey (65) tied for second and scored big in the FedEx Cup math. Valimaki rocketed from No. 103 to No. 76.

“These last three tournaments, only goal was to kind of keep the playing rights for the next year, so I think they should be a done deal with this finish,” he said—while Ramey jumped from No. 123 to No. 89, likely locking in full status with two fall events remaining before the top 100 secure cards for 2026.

Griffin’s sternest pressure came from Garrick Higgo and Carson Young, who shared the lead turning to the back nine on a windless scoring day. Higgo’s charge unraveled at 12 when a tee shot lodged in a bush forced an unplayable and a double bogey; he signed for 68 and finished three back but still climbed to No. 52 in the FedEx Cup, booking early-season spots at Pebble Beach and Riviera.

“A lot of good stuff,” Higgo said. “I’ve been in contention the last four events, so I’m just going to keep doing what I’m doing.”

Young pulled even at 27-under with a 15-footer on 12, then leaked his approach left on 13 into the native area for bogey, laid up awkwardly on the par-5 14th, and three-putted 15, closing with 68 to tie sixth. In a fall where miscues decided fates, Griffin simply didn’t blink.

He joined Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy as the only players with at least three wins this season—one a team title in New Orleans—and turned a nervy back nine into a victory lap with pure putting and zero panic.